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Electrical connector with detect pins

Active Publication Date: 2014-06-10
HON HAI PRECISION IND CO LTD
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The present invention is about an electrical connector that has a detect pin. The technical effect of this invention is that it provides a way to detect if the pins are properly connected.

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However, the arrangement of the insertion detect pins and the PD detect pin are complex, an improved connector is needed.

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[0019]Reference will be made to the drawing figures to describe the present invention in detail, wherein depicted elements are not necessarily shown to scale and wherein like or similar elements are designated by same or similar reference numeral through the several views and same or similar terminology.

[0020]Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 2, an electrical connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is provided and configured as a USB 3.0 PD receptacle, it should be pointed out that the other similar electrical connectors, such as USB 2.0 connector, eSATA connector, Display Port connector and et al, are also suitable for incorporation of the present invention. The electrical connector has a substantial same configuration as that of USB 3.0 receptacle except further having detect pin. A conventional USB 3.0 receptacle are described in detail in many patents, such as U.S. Pat. No. 7,625,243, the disclosure of which are incorporated herein by reference to the exten...

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An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a metallic shell surround the insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and two detect pin retained to the insulative housing. The insulative housing is formed with a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. The shell and the insulative housing define a receiving cavity therebetween. The two detect pins are fastened to two opposite ends of the insulative housing, respectively, each has a detecting portion located in the receiving cavity, and the detecting portions of the two detect pins are disposed offset along a front-to-back direction for being selectively pushed by the mating plug. One of the contacts is formed with a wing contacting with the first detecting portion. The electrical connector can detect insertions of different mating plugs via the detect pins.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particular to an electrical connector with detect pins for indicating insertion of a mating plug therein.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]USB Implementers Forum, Inc, has developed Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification on Nov. 12, 2011, we call it as USB 3.0 specification, and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 receptacle and a USB 3.0 plug are introduced therein. USB 3.0 has a higher transfer rate of 4.8 Gbit / s, while a transfer rate of previous USB 2.0 connectors is just 480 Mbit / s. However, someone think a new USB connector capability of delivering a big power is needed too, so USB Implementers Forum, Inc, published USB Power Deliver specification on Jul. 5, 2012, which discloses USB 3.0 PD (Power Deliver) plug and USB 3.0 PD (Power Deliver) receptacle on pages 46-50 of the specification.[0005]The USB PD 3.0 receptacle adds a pair of insert...

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IPC IPC(8): H01R3/00
CPCH01R13/02H01R13/7031H01R12/724H01R13/641H01R13/71H01R29/00
Inventor YU, CHUN-MINGYU, KAI-GANGWANG, JI-CHAOLITTLE, TERRANCE F.SEDIO, STEPHENYANG, AN-JEN
Owner HON HAI PRECISION IND CO LTD
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